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New MOT rules could see an increase in UK road deaths
Wed, 07 Sep 2011

The coalition government is proposing to relax the rules which make every driver in the UK pay for an annual MOT check.

However, motoring groups are concerned that this will result in more road deaths. A recent study, commissioned by the government itself, found that the proposed reductions in vehicle checks were "likely to have adverse road safety consequences," especially for older vehicles .

Vehicle defects are instrumental in about 3 per cent of accidents on roads, according to the Transport Research Laboratory and some motoring groups claim that allowing cars to be checked every two years could double the accident rate on our roads.

Sources at the Department of Transport say that the government has not been put off by the findings of its own research. A spokesperson said that the research "does not prove the case one way or the other." He added that 50 years of improvement in vehicle technology warranted a complete review of the MOT system. With the current system, new cars have to be tested once they are three years old, and then every year after that.
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